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==Community service==
==Community service==
Shell was first elected to the police jury in a runoff election with his fellow Republican, Fay Rawls, 1,215 votes (52.6 percent) to 1,093 ballots (47.4 percent). The third candidate, eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket primary, was future Bossier City [[Mayor]] Lorenz "Lo" Walker, then running as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Bossier Parish, November 16, 1991.</ref> He was unopposed in the subsequent elections of 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007 from his District 12 seat in south Bossier Parish. ''Bossier Press-Tribune'' editor and publisher David A. Specht, Jr., recalls how considerate Shell was to reporters at police jury meetings. He made sure that the reporters had documentation to assist them in writing their stories. He was available for background sessions and often recommended that reporters focus on items that he considered the most important. Specht said that he was still shocked to learn of Shell's death because, even as a [[cancer]] patient, Shell had fought bravely against all adversity.<ref>David A. Specht, Jr., "Goodbye Dr. Shell", ''Bossier Press-Tribune'', May 7, 2008.</ref>
Shell was first elected to the police jury in a runoff election with his fellow Republican, Fay Rawls, 1,215 votes (52.6 percent) to 1,093 ballots (47.4 percent). The third candidate, eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket primary, was future Bossier City [[Mayor]] [[Lo Walker|Lorenz "Lo" Walker]], then running as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Bossier Parish, November 16, 1991.</ref> He was unopposed in the subsequent elections of 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007 from his District 12 seat in south Bossier Parish. ''Bossier Press-Tribune'' editor and publisher David A. Specht, Jr., recalls how considerate Shell was to reporters at police jury meetings. He made sure that the reporters had documentation to assist them in writing their stories. He was available for background sessions and often recommended that reporters focus on items that he considered the most important. Specht said that he was still shocked to learn of Shell's death because, even as a [[cancer]] patient, Shell had fought bravely against all adversity.<ref>David A. Specht, Jr., "Goodbye Dr. Shell", ''Bossier Press-Tribune'', May 7, 2008.</ref>
On Shell's death, the police jury appointed Republican Paul McMillian "Mac" Plummer (born April 1956) of Bossier City to serve until the October 4 special election for the remainder of Shell's last term, which had begun on January 16, 2008.
On Shell's death, the police jury appointed Republican Paul McMillian "Mac" Plummer (born April 1956) of Bossier City to serve until the October 4 special election for the remainder of Shell's last term, which had begun on January 16, 2008.